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Sold to White Star in 1908 used as a cadet training vessel for Australian routes, sold in 1915 to Norwegian owners multiple times under Transatlantic and Dvergso. Scrapped in 1923. Laurentic: 1908: 1908–1917: 14,892: Launched by Harland and Wolff in 1908 ordered by Dominion Line originally Alberta but IMM transferred ship to White Star under ...
Pages in category "Ships of the White Star Line" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
SS Adriatic was the first of two White Star Line ocean liners to carry the name Adriatic. The White Star Line 's first four steamships of the Oceanic-class , the ( Oceanic (I) , Atlantic , Baltic , and the Republic ) met with great success in the trans-Atlantic market, and the line decided to build two more.
The White Star Line was a British shipping line.Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States.
RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, Titanic and Britannic.
Teutonic as seen in the Spithead Naval Review. In the late 1880s competition for the Blue Riband, the award for the fastest Atlantic crossing, was fierce amongst the top steamship lines, and White Star decided to order two ships from Harland and Wolff that would be capable of an average Atlantic crossing speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
The White Star Line provided the officers, while the crew was Chinese. The ship itself remained in White Star Line colours, but flew the O&O flag. During the repositioning voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong, Oceanic set a speed record for that route. Later, she also set a speed record for Yokohama to San Francisco in December 1876, of 14 days ...
As with nearly all White Star ships Britannic was built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast.She was built at a cost of £200,000 (equivalent to £23,450,000 in 2023), [2] [3] Britannic was the first White Star ship to sport two funnels.